Priti Patel wants to threaten Ireland with food shortages

1. Ireland produces enough food to feed itself many times over, we're one of the biggest food exporters in the world. We'll be just fine. The UK on the other hand is only 50% self sufficient.

2. Considering the historical context of Britain actually starving the people of Ireland, leading to the population being halved due to death and emmigration, is this really a road you want to go down?

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1. Ireland produces enough food to feed itself many times over, we're one of the biggest food exporters in the world. We'll be just fine. The UK on the other hand is only 50% self sufficient.

2. Considering the historical context of Britain actually starving the people of Ireland, leading to the population being halved due to death and emmigration, is this really a road you want to go down?

The stupidity is mind boggling, not to mention the nastiness.

Stupidity times infinity, for both of the reasons given by you but also for the fact that there is plenty of capacity at Irish airports for necessary items to be flown in directly from the EU. Not the case in the UK.

Even suggesting this is pathetic from her. Knowing the historical context makes it a billion times worse.
Next she'll be wanting "The British Empire" to colonise "foreign lands" and preach Christianity to "the savages".

The source is apparently from the Times about a leaked UK government report on the impact on the Irish economy of a no deal. It seems it is ok to use the threat of a return to terrorism and food shortages in the UK but not food shortages in Ireland.

Priti Patel is in the pay of the Israeli Government , thats why she had to resign from the UK government because of her secret meetings in Tel Aviv with Netenyahau and his thugs.

The Irish Government has thrown the Israeli Embassy out of Dublin and last week boycotted numerous Israeli goods now manufactured in seized Resettlements which are banned by the UN and disregarded to the Israelis as the former Palestinian settlements are now regarded as Isreal.

So obviously Patels Israeli paymasters have put her up to shouting of her mouth, she is corrupt just like Ian Paisley and Shri Lanka , she should have been banned and will loose her seat next election.

Priti Patel is in the pay of the Israeli Government , thats why she had to resign from the UK government because of her secret meetings in Tel Aviv with Netenyahau and his thugs.

The Irish Government has thrown the Israeli Embassy out of Dublin and last week boycotted numerous Israeli goods now manufactured in seized Resettlements which are banned by the UN and disregarded to the Israelis as the former Palestinian settlements are now regarded as Isreal.

So obviously Patels Israeli paymasters have put her up to shouting of her mouth, she is corrupt just like Ian Paisley and Shri Lanka , she should have been banned and will loose her seat next election.

The source is apparently from the Times about a leaked UK government report on the impact on the Irish economy of a no deal. It seems it is ok to use the threat of a return to terrorism and food shortages in the UK but not food shortages in Ireland.

OK for whom? An ex government minister is proposing this, can you advise who is proposing terrorism and food shortages. Warning that this might be an outcome is an entirely different thing

The source is apparently from the Times about a leaked UK government report on the impact on the Irish economy of a no deal. It seems it is ok to use the threat of a return to terrorism and food shortages in the UK but not food shortages in Ireland.

OK for whom? An ex government minister is proposing this, can you advise who is proposing terrorism and food shortages. Warning that this might be an outcome is an entirely different thing

Whom is whoever cites them, they are all warnings and to my knowledge Patel isn't actually advocating witholding food which of course would be both crass and stupid.

It seems it is ok to use the threat of a return to terrorism and food shortages in the UK but not food shortages in Ireland.

We've caused this mess to ourselves and if we suffer then fair enough, only ourselves to blame. There's no justification to make anyone else suffer especially when they are totally innocent bystanders who simply want to protect the rights of their citizens and their goods to cross borders seamlessly.

From at least schooldays history knowledge of some of the things that the peoples of the island of Ireland
have been through, including the Potato Famines and so much more, to see a UK "parliamentarian" of
supposedly "high calibre" suggest such a thing utterly appals me.

It makes me ashamed to be classified as "British".

I see myself as being of where I was born, then as a European, and then as a Citizen of the World.

To the many colleagues, friends, and acquaintances from ALL parts of the island of Ireland we've had the
pleasure of knowing over the years, I can only apologise to you for the despicable attitudes of the Tories,
who certainly do NOT represent me.

The source is apparently from the Times about a leaked UK government report on the impact on the Irish economy of a no deal. It seems it is ok to use the threat of a return to terrorism and food shortages in the UK but not food shortages in Ireland.

OK for whom? An ex government minister is proposing this, can you advise who is proposing terrorism and food shortages. Warning that this might be an outcome is an entirely different thing

Whom is whoever cites them, they are all warnings and to my knowledge Patel isn't actually advocating witholding food which of course would be both crass and stupid.

It's just ridiculous that she thinks this threat holds any water. Yes we might lose out on whatever food we get from Britian at the moment but it's small fry, a case of one brand being missing from the shelves so we buy a different one instead. We're not going to be missing any essential foodstuffs as we produce them ourselves, and can still import what we want from the rest of the EU. We're simply not reliant on Britain for food.

To the many colleagues, friends, and acquaintances from ALL parts of the island of Ireland we've had the
pleasure of knowing over the years, I can only apologise to you for the despicable attitudes of the Tories,
who certainly do NOT represent me.

Lordy. What pretentious b*llocks. You'll be apologising for the partition of India and the suppression of the Mau Mau uprising next.

The source is apparently from the Times about a leaked UK government report on the impact on the Irish economy of a no deal. It seems it is ok to use the threat of a return to terrorism and food shortages in the UK but not food shortages in Ireland.

OK for whom? An ex government minister is proposing this, can you advise who is proposing terrorism and food shortages. Warning that this might be an outcome is an entirely different thing

Whom is whoever cites them, they are all warnings and to my knowledge Patel isn't actually advocating witholding food which of course would be both crass and stupid.

How is it leverage if she is not proposing it?

I said she wasn't proposing witholding food supplies which some in this thread seem to be implying.

To the many colleagues, friends, and acquaintances from ALL parts of the island of Ireland we've had the
pleasure of knowing over the years, I can only apologise to you for the despicable attitudes of the Tories,
who certainly do NOT represent me.

Lordy. What pretentious b*llocks. You'll be apologising for the partition of India and the suppression of the Mau Mau uprising next.

In fairness the apologies list for the British is a fairly long one....

The source is apparently from the Times about a leaked UK government report on the impact on the Irish economy of a no deal. It seems it is ok to use the threat of a return to terrorism and food shortages in the UK but not food shortages in Ireland.

Whose threatened terrorism? Stating the possibility of a return of violence if the UK reneges on the GFA isn’t a threat it’s a just another sad outcome of this horrendously stupid act of national self harm. Threatening our nearest neighbours at a time when old wounds have healed is again another act of stupidity brought on by this act of national self harm. None of this would be happening if it weren’t for Brexit. It solves nothing of the deep seated issues in the UK and exacerbates them by making enemies out of long time friends.

To the many colleagues, friends, and acquaintances from ALL parts of the island of Ireland we've had the
pleasure of knowing over the years, I can only apologise to you for the despicable attitudes of the Tories,
who certainly do NOT represent me.

Lordy. What pretentious b*llocks. You'll be apologising for the partition of India and the suppression of the Mau Mau uprising next.